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1935 Yreka, California lynching... Clyde Johnson...
1935 Yreka, California lynching... Clyde Johnson...
Item # 725062
August 04, 1935
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 4, 1935
* Yreka, California lynching
* Sheriff Frank R. (Jack) Daw murder
* Clyde L. Johnson hanging
* Masked men lynch mob
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "BANDIT IS LYNCHED BY CALIFORNIA MOB" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
AI notes: The August 1935 lynching of Clyde Johnson in Yreka serves as a chilling example of vigilante extremism in the Pacific Northwest, ignited by the fatal shooting of the popular Siskiyou County Sheriff, Frank "Jack" Daw, during a rural manhunt. While Johnson sat in the county jail awaiting trial, a highly organized mob of roughly 50 to 100 masked men descended upon the facility in the early morning hours, systematically overpowering deputies and breaching the cell blocks with sledgehammers. The vigilantes bypassed the legal system entirely, dragging Johnson to a pine tree on the outskirts of town where they summarily executed him by hanging. Despite the brazen nature of the crime and the large number of participants, a "wall of silence" protected the mob; a subsequent grand jury investigation failed to produce any indictments, ensuring that no one was ever held legally accountable for the extrajudicial killing.
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